Improvement in rotating fans and fly-brushes



T o all whom 'it may concern:

taitrd genre and' einer.

oLIv'na Mercati, or ORLEANS, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No'. 107,396, dated ScptcmberlS, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROTATIIN G- FANS AND FLY-BRUSHES.

The Schedule referred to in these -Iietters Patent land making .part orthe same.

Be it-known that I, OLIVER Mn'rcALF, of Orleans, in the county of Orangeand State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inFans and Fly-Brushes; audI do hereby declarethat the following isa full,clear, and exact description of the construction andpperation of thesame, reference being. had to the annexed drawing making a part of athisspecification, and to the let-ters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l ot' the drawing is an external view of my fan and brush'. v i

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional details.

My invention relates to fans7 ily-brushes, Ste., and consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of devices designed toconstitute acombined revolvingfan and fly-brush, operated by clock-work,'and adaptedto be suspended at any point of the apartment, ac-

, The holder e consists of i a hollow rectangular tube,

one wall of which is made separate,'and provided withthe lugs or bossesa a, to secure the arms of the fans', which are correspondingly recessedat c s, and beveled `at the ends,'for convenient introduction.

rlhis separate wall or plate m is actuated by a spring, s, which servesto keep it securely pressed against the arms F F.

H represents a strap or loop, whereby the rotating fan, with itsclock-work, may be conveniently suspended at any desired point, as forinstance, over the center of the dining-table at meals.

It will be observed that the fans sweep around horizontally, and thedrooping brushes serve effectuallyv to drive away the lies and otherinsects which may beV within its influence.

What I claim as my invention, and

Lhe combined fan and ily-brush herein described, consisting of theclock-work A, rotating shaft d, with holder c, spring clamp m, with lugsa a, removable" arms F, with recesses s, and fringed fans G, whenadapted to be suspended at any point, inthe manner and for the purposesshoivu and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses. l

OLIVER METOALF.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. FREEMAN, GYnUs M. HoBBs.

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